Charging mechanism for glass-molds.



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J. H. GROSKBY. CHARGING MECHANISM FOR GLASS MOLDS. APPLICATION FILED MAY 31, 1906.

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J. H. GROSKEY. CHARGING MECHANISM FOR GLASS MOLDS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31, 1906.

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J. H. OROSKEY. CHARGING MECHANISM FOR GLASS MOLDS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31, 1906.

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JOHN H.0ROSKEY, or PriisBURe, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO DUQUESNE GLASS co, or PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, A con- PORATION or PENNSYLVANIA.

CHARGING MECHANISM FOR GLASS-MOLDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1907.

Application filed May 31, 1906. Serial No. 319.494.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. CRosKEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Charging Mechanism for Glass-Molds, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to the art of manufacturing glassware, particularly pressed ware, and it has for its object to provide means for filling a measured quantity of glass into a forming mold.

The invention is designed to operate in connection with one or a series of molds brought successively into register with the charging mechanism at a fixed point, but

. may be employed with any type of machine,

the primary object being to control and limit the amount of glass so that the mold will receive approximately the same amount at each operation. I

In carrying out my invention I employ a measuring cup adapted to receive in its inte- ,ri or a predetermined amount of molten glass which may be delivered to it in any suitable way as by an operator using a punty rod, or otherwise, together with shears for cutting off the glass or other quantity-determining device, and mechanism for bringing or locating the measuring cup over the mold and for reversing it to discharge thereinto, as shall be more fully hereinafter set forth. I

Referring now to the drawings-:'Figure 1. is a plan view showing ajportion of a rotating mold-carrying table and molds thereon, with each of which molds my invention is adapted to co-operate. Fig. 2. is a vertical sectional view on an enlarged scale on the line II. II. of

' .Fig. 8, showing the rotating cup-carrying mechanism and the means for intermittently actuating it. Fig. 3-.1sa plan view on an enlarged scale of the shear mechanism. Fig. 4.

is a horizontal sectional View on the line IV. IV. of Fig. 2. Fig. 5. is an enlarged plan view of the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. '6. is a view in side elevation of Fig. 5. Fig. 7. is a detail view illustrating the cam mechanism for actuating the shears, during their inactive period. Fig. 8. is a horizontal sectional view on the line VIII. VIII. of Fig. 6.

Fig. 9. is an enlarged detail sectional view on the line IX. IX. of Fig. 5. Fig. 10. is a detail plan view of the mechanism for turning the cup. Fig. 11. is a horizontal sectional view on the line XI. XI. of Fig. 9.

I have illustrated my invention as used in combination with that type of glass pressing machinery shown in my prior patent No. 820,478 dated May 15th, 1906 wherein an intermittently rotating table 2 provided with a circumferential series of molds 3 is constructed and arranged to bring each mold successively into stationary registering position with a pressing plunger, and at the same time into charging position for filling the mold. 1

My present invention as shown employs an intermittently rotating frame adapted or arranged to co-operate as to its motions with the motions of said table and molds, and comprises a central supporting spindle shaft 4 adapted to be intermittently rotated. As shown, I'actuate the spindle 4 by means of a shaft 5 geared in any suitable manner with the drivingmechanism of the table 2, so that it will rotate the spindle 4 any predetermined distance, as say one-third of a revolution for each corresponding intermittent travel of the molds 3 from one position to another, as from a to b, b to c, c to d, etc.

Any convenient or suitable means may be employed to impart motion intermittently to shaft 4, and in Figs. 2, 4 and 8 I have shown said shaft 5. (rotated in conformity with the mold travel) as provided with a crank disk 6 carrying a crank pin or roller 7 engaging a slot 8 of a reciprocating head 9. Said head 9 is provided with a rack 10 which gears into a segment 11 loosely mounted'on shaft 4 and provided with a pawl 12 adapted to engage teeth 13 of a ratchet wheel 14 in engagement with shaft 4, as clearly shown. By this construction it will be seen that for each rotation of shaft 5, spindle 4 will be rotated the desired distance, as one-third of a revolution, corresponding to the desired distance of travel of the cup from the filling position in register with the shears to the emptying position in register with the mold, as clearlyindicated in Fig. 1'.

It will be readily understood that the cup may be maintained relatively stationary as to lateralswinging travel, and may be turned over to emptyinto the mold while still in register with the shears underneath, the shears, cup and mold being in vertical alinement, using one cup only. Also that a series of cu s may be em loyed, but arranged to deliver directly into t e mold while still underneath the shears, as it is not absolutely necessary that the cup shall swing laterally away from its receiving position under the shearsbefore emptying into the mold, and such arrangement may be found preferable with other constructions of forming apparatus than that shown in the drawings.

On the upper end of shaft -4 is mounted a frame which may be in the form of a wheel as shown or any other desired construction, in which are carried any preferred number of cup-supporting and rotating arms or shafts 16 having at their outer ends cups 17 adapted to receive and contain the desired uantity of molten glass. 1 The shafts 16, or t e hubs 18 of the cups, are journaled for rotation in the outer portion of the frame 15., their inner ends being also preferably journaled in, any suitable bearing as a lug 19 forming a portionof .the bearing for the shifting mechanism. -Each shaft 16 is providedwith a bevel pinion 20 adapted to mesh into the teeth of a segmental rack 21 secured underneath the frame 15 upon the lower end of an actuating stud 22 having its I bearing in the cross bar 23 extending between the adjacent arms of the wheel frame 15.

Upon the lower face ofthe segmental rack. 21 are secured rollers or abutments 24, 24',

adapted to make contact alternately with stationary abutments 25, 26, as the frame is swung around by the shaft 4. The upper end of stud 22 is provided with a lever arm 1 27, the terminal 28 of which is comiected by spring 29 at a point 30 with a securing device as a bolt, located somewhat back of the center of stud 22. The location of the spring connections is such that the spring will exert pressure to one side or, the-other so as to throw the rack segment to the ri ht or the, left, thus positively assisting t e initial movement imparted to the segment by means of the contact of rollers 24, 24 with abutments 25 and 26. I

Stops 31 and 32-, in the form'of.adjustable set' screws, are located at each side respectively in the ath of lever27 whereby its travel in one irection or-the other may be arrested, and the gearing is so designed that the complete swing or movement of the segment 21 will impart a semi-rotation to shaft 16 and cup 17. It will thusbe seen that when the cup in its raised position full of glass is swung around by rotation of shaft 4 over the mold as shown in Fig. 1, abutment 24 will come into contact with stationary abutment 25, arresting abutment 24 and causing rack 21 to shift around until lever 27 is astthe dead center of alinement with spring 29, whereupon the spring'will complete its travel, throwing abutment 24 clear of abutment 25. In this position the frame 15 is stationary, during which time the glass is .discharged from the cup 17 into mold 3, whereupon rotary motion is then imparted to frame 15 to bring the next cup into'register. The previously emptied cup is however rotated back to the initial upright position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 9, by means of abutment 24- coming into contact with abutment 26, whereby with the assistance of spring 29, the operation in reverse of that .just described is performed, and the cup is turned up in position for receiving the next charge. The glass is charged into the upright cup at the time it is in register below the shears in their open position, Fig. 3, by the operator, and during the stationary-period of all the cups.

The shears comprise two blades 33, 33, having suitable openings 34, pivoted at 35 and provided with backwardly extending arms 36, 36, having slots 37, 37. The shears are actuated by means of a reciprocating pin 38 extending upwardly from a sliding. carrier 39 mounted in slide extensions 40 or" the frame, said carrier being actuated by le- Lever 41 is pivoted at 42 in bearing 43, extends-below said bearing, and isconnected at 44 withone end of a pitman 45, attached'at the other end to a cam actuated bar 46. Said bar is provided with a lug 47 and is pivoted at- 48 m a suitable standard. 49 is a cam wheel'having a uniform peripheral edge 50 interrupted at one point in its circumference .ver 41 which engages'it at its upper end.

bya shouldered recess 51 "adapted to provide clearance for lug 47 to actuate the shears.

52 is a spring secured at one end at '53 and at the other at 54 to an arm 55secured on one end of rock shaft 56 carrying lever 55' at its other end, said lever being connected with the lower end of lever 41 and endof itman 45. The double lever construction is convenient for construction but is not absolutely essentialto the operation and may be dispensed with, the spri being connected directly with the pivotal oint 44 or-in any other 7 suitable way, or in fact any other spring mechanism may be employed to throw' arm46 toward cam 49.

Ordinarily arm 46 is held in the position shown in Fig. 7, maintaining-the upper end of lever 41 in its innermost position, (see Fig.

3,) and holding the shears open to permit of the glass being charged into the cup, but at the proper moment cam cavity 51, coming into register with lug 47 permits the spring to act,"throwing pin 38 outwardl and eflecting the quick closing action of t e shears} As shown in Fig. 8 cam 49 is mounted on shaft 5 of the machine whereby the operation of the shears will occur at each peripheral rotation of shaft 4.

For the purpose of accurately adjusting frame and the cups so that they will exactly register with the shears and each mold successively, I have provided means whereby the frame may be adjustably set around the upper terminal of shaft 4, consisting in a worm wheel 57 the hub of which is keyed to shaft 4 and is loosely mounted within the surrounding hub of the cup wheel 15.

58 is a worm meshing into worm wheel 57 and capable of being turned in one direction or the other so as to set the frame 15 accurately to the desired position. After being set the entire mechanism may be tightly clamped together by means of nuts 59 and 60.

The 0 eration is as follows :As each cup is broug t successively into register with the open shears, a ball of glass is dropped downwardly just before the shears are operated, by which shear action the desired quantity is cut off, filling the cup, which then swings around to the position over the mold, is reversed, discharging its contents thereinto, then being re-reversed and traveling around to the inoperative intermediate position. The operation is continuous and automatic, results in great accuracy of action and quantity of glass, giving a uniform size of product without shortage or excess, and in practice has effected and facilitated the production of a very high percentage of perfect finished articles.

It will be understood that a single cup or any other .number than three may be employed if desired, the essential requisites being that the cup shall be brought under the shears in its upright position and then brought over the mold and reversed to empty, or merely turned over to empty into the mold without swinging, by suitable actuating mechanism.

Any other means may be employed to effect this result within the province of the designing engineer or build er, or other changes or variations may be made by the skilled mechanic in the different details or other features of construction, but all such changes are to be considered as within the scope of the following claims. 1 I

What I claim is;

1. The combination with a forming-'mold, of a measuring cup, opening and closing shear mechanism located closely adjacent above thecup, and means for turning and moving the cup into registering position with the mold, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with opening andclosing shear mechanism and a forming mold, of a rotating frame, a rotatable measuring cup carried in the frame, means for intermittently actuating the frame to position the cup with relation to the shear mechanism and mold respectively, and for tipping the cup to empty its contents into the mold. 3. The combmation with opening and closmg shear mechanism and a forming mold, of

a measuring cup arranged to register with the mechanism, of a cup-carrying frame pro-' vided with a rotatable shaft carrying the cup, means for swinging the frame to bring the cup into registering position with the mold,

and means for imparting a semi-rotation to the cup carrying shaft, substantially as set forth.

5. In apparatus for. filling the molds, the combination with opening and closing shear mechanism, of a cup-carrying frame provided with a rotatable shaft carrying the cup, means for swinging the frame to bring the cup into registering position with the mold, means for imparting a semi-rotation to the cup carrying shaft, and means for re-rotating the shaft and cup, substantially as set forth.

6. In apparatus for charging the molds, the combination with opening and closing shear mechanism, of a rotatable framework provided with a plurality of rotatable measuring cups, means for bringing each cup into registering position with the shears and then into registering position with the mold, with.

means for reversing the cups. to empty into the molds, substantially asset forth.

7. Mechanism for tipping the cup consisting of a carrying shaft having a toothed wheel, a toothed plate engaging the wheel and having abutments, and stationary abutments located in the path of said abutments, substantially as set forth.

8. Mechanism fortipping the cup consisting of a carrying shaft having a toothed wheel, a toothed plate engaging the wheel and having abutments, and stationary abu tments located in the path of said abutments, and spring mechanism for facilitating the operation, substantially as set forth.

9. Tilting mechanism consisting of a shaft, a on secured thereto, a pinion gear secured on t e shaft, a segmental rack adapted to mesh into said pinion and provided with abutments, stationary abutments adapted to engage said abutments, a pivotal stem for the segmental rack provided with a crank arm, and a spring connected with said crank arm, substantially as set forth.

10, The combination with a frame proi vided with stationary abutments, of a uniformly horizontally swinging frame carrying a tilting cup, a toothed gear for said cup, and a pivoted toothed gear plate adapted to rotate the on provided with abutments adapted to ma (e contact with said stationary abutments to rotate the cup to deliver its contents downwardly into a mold, substantially as set forth.

11. The combination with a frame pro-- vided with stationary'abutments, of a uniformly horizontally swinging frame Carrying a tilting cup, a toothed gear for said cup and a pivoted toothed gear plate adapted to rotate the cup provided with abutments adapted to make contact with said stationary abutments to rotate the cup to deliver its contents downwardly into a mold, and spring-controlled mechanism for facilitating t e tilting operation, substantially as set forth. I

12. The combination with a mold carrying table and molds thereon, of opening and closing shear mechanism, a solid cup adapted for actuating the mold table and cup manip-- ulating means in harmony.

to contain a measured quantity of glass, means for rotating and bringingthe cup into emptying position over a mold, and means 13. The combination with a mold-carrying table and molds thereon, of opening and closing shear mechanism, a measuring cup, means for rotating and bringing the on into register with the shear mechanism an into emptying position over a mold'respectively,

and means for actuating the shear mechanism, the mold table, and the cup manipulating means in harmony, substantially as set forth.

14. The combination with a mold-carrying table and molds thereon, of'opening and closing shear mechanism, .a cup carrying frame provided with a plurality of tipping cu s,

means for actuating the frame to bring t e' cups successively into register with the shear mechanism and molds respectively, means for actuating the shear mechanism, and means for actuating the table, all of said. means being operatively connected to operate in harmony, substantially as setforth.

15. 'The'combination with the cup-carrying frame and cups carried thereby, of a vertical sup orting shaft provided with a ratchet w eel, a toothed segment having a pawl, a slotted sliding head having a rack meshing intosaid segment, and an actuating crank engaging said slotted sliding head, substantially as set forth. a

'16. The combination with av continuously running shaft provided with a crank and in,

of an intermittently actuated vertical s aft provided with at cup-carrying frame and a plurality of cups, a ratchet wheel secured to provided with said worm wheel for adjustment of the cupcarrying frame with relation thereto, sup

stantially as set forth.

18. The comb'nation with a series of measuring cups and acutating mechanism therefor, of shears having slotted actuating arms, a lever provided with a sliding in engaging'said arms, a cam, lever mecl ianism engaging the same and connected with said first named lever, and a retracting spring, substantially as set forth.

19. The combination with a: series of measuring cups and actuating mechanism therefor, of shears having slotted actuating arms, a lever. provided with a sliding pin en-- gaging said arms, a cam, a rockshaft provided at one end with a lever, aconnecting pitman and a secondary lever engaging the cam and also a retracting spring, and at the other end with a lever connected with the end of the shear, operating lever, substantially as set forth.-

.In testimony whereof I'affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses. e JOHN -H. GROSKEY.

' Witnesses CHAS; S. LEPLEY, C. M; CLARKE. 

